People Born in the 1940s

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 7,428 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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7,428 people found

Wilma Vernocchi

b. 1942 singer Forlì

Wiltrud Urselmann

b. 1942 swimmer Krefeld

Wim Kösters

b. 1942 economist, university teacher Greven

Wim T. Schippers

b. 1942 actor, collagist, conceptual artist, draftsperson, film director, graphic artist, graphic designer, illustrator, kinetic artist, painter, performance artist, presenter, program maker, screenwriter, sc Groningen

Winfrid Trenkler

b. 1942 radio personality

Winfried Stelzer

b. 1942 medievalist, university teacher Graz

Wojciech Górecki

b. 1942 geologist Bicz

Wojciech Nowakowski

b. 1942 computer scientist Lublin

Wolf Barth

1942–2016 mathematician, university teacher Wernigerode

Wolf Werner

1942–2018 association football coach, association football player Kalisz

Wolfgang Abraham

1942–2013 association football player Oberburg

Wolfgang Eichwede

b. 1942 historian, political scientist, university teacher Friedrichshafen

Wolfgang Prinz

b. 1942 neuroscientist, psychologist, university teacher Ebern

Wolfgang Rückert

b. 1942 politician Schöntal

Wolfgang Schult

b. 1942 choir director, church musician Hamburg

Wolfgang Schäuble

1942–2023 jurist, lawyer, politician Freiburg im Breisgau

Wouter ten Haaf

b. 1942 engineer, writer

Włodzimierz Kotkowski

1942–2011 graphic artist, printmaker, teacher Łódź

Xanhüseyn Kazımlı

1942–2025 politician Ağaməmmədli

Xavier Lapeyre

b. 1942 racing automobile driver Toulouse

Xoaquín Álvarez Corbacho

1942–2021 economist, politician O Grove

Xosé Luís Bernal

b. 1942 actor, comedian Santiago de Compostela

Xosé Manuel Martínez Oca

b. 1942 writer A Estrada

Xu Yongyue

b. 1942 politician Zhenping County

Yair Stern

b. 1942 journalist, writer Tel-Aviv

Yang Likun

1942–2000 film actor Mohei Town

Yasser Badreddine

b. 1942 calligrapher, poet Nabatieh

Yasuhiko Tsuji

b. 1942 baseball player Nishi-ku

Yasuo Hayashi

b. 1942 bureaucrat, businessperson Kanagawa Prefecture

Yasuo Ichikawa

b. 1942 politician Komatsu

Ye Caiyu

1942–2012 singer

Yoichi Hayashi

b. 1942 actor, kabuki actor, tarento Osaka Prefecture

Yoni Hamenachem

b. 1942 photographer Jerusalem

Yoram Arbel

b. 1942 singer, television presenter Petah Tikva

Yoram Bar-Gal

b. 1942 geographer Kiryat Chaim

Yosef Israel Blau

1942–2018 civil servant, rabbi Jerusalem

Yosef Weisman

1942–2021 university teacher Tel-Aviv

Yoshihiro Sakata

b. 1942 rugby union player, university teacher Osaka

Yoshitaka Sakamoto

b. 1942 cinematographer Nara

Yossi Alpher

b. 1942 researcher, spy, writer Washington, D.C.

Yu Luoke

1942–1970 politician

Yukiko Fuji

1942–2022 actor Kōtō

Yurii Stupnikov

b. 1942 politician Kamennomostsky

Yves Bady-Dahdah

b. 1942 illustrator, novelist, painter, photographer Pointe-à-Pitre

Yılmaz Urul

1942–2025 association football player

Yōko Yamamoto

1942–2024 actor, seiyū Nakano

Yōsuke Yamashita

b. 1942 composer, jazz musician, musician, pianist, writer Tokyo City

Yūichi Odagiri

b. 1942 businessperson, racehorse owner and breeder Tokyo

Zacchaeus Okoth

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

Zalman King

1942–2012 actor, camera operator, cinematographer, director, film actor, film director, film producer, manufacturer, screenwriter, television actor, television producer Trenton